V
T TARES HAY'S PUCE
Former Secretary of War Will be
Secretary cf State.
GIVE8 UP LUCRATIVE PRACTICE
President Tells of Sacrifices Mr. Root
Has Made In Order to Accept
Appointment.
Official announcement was made' at
OyBter Bay that Elihu Root had been
appointed Secretary of State. The
announcement was made on the au
thority of President Roosevelt In the
following statement given out by Sec
retary Loeb:
"Elihu Root has accepted tho tend
er by the President of the Secretary
ship of State. He will take the oath
of office in a couple of weeks, 'but
it will necessarily be some little time
before he closes up his business af
fairs. He will not go to Washington
permanently until some time in Sep
tember." Presiden RooRevelt 13 much grati
fied at Mr. Root's acceptance, and is
deeply sensible of the personal sac
rifices made by Mr. Root In niraln
taking up the burdens and duties of a
member of the Cabinet. The decis
ion of Mr. Root was reached finally
on the President's special train during
the return of the Presidential party
from Cleveland.
For personal reasons entertained j
both by the President and by Mr.
Root it was deemed desirable not to
announce the decision publicly until
the President had returned to Saga-,
more Hill. It was determined there
fore that the official statement of the
President's tender and Mr. Root's de
cision to accept it would be made to
day. It is the intention of Mr. Root
to assume tho duties of Secretary of
State practically at once, although it
will bo perhaps two weeks before he
will formally take tho oath of office.
Ills professional Interests are so large
that he will have to devote consider
able time to a satisfactory arrange
ment of them before he goes to Wash
ington to take permanent charge of
the State department.
PLANS FOR RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY.
Representation to Be Based on Uni.
versal Suffrage.
The St. Petersburg Novlsti prints
what it claims is the actual text of
the final draft of Minister of the
Interior Bouligin's project for the
formation of a representative as
sembly. The question of the election of
members to the lower house of the
legislative assembly is settled not oh
the basis of property, but on that of
the universal suffrage of men and
women, the latter voting by proxy.
The classes absolutely barred are
Jews, the nomadic races, persons not
of Russian nationality, governors and
other imperial and local administrat
ors and all persons connected with
the police. It is provided that the
disability of the Jews shall only con
tinue until their status shall have
been defined by the popular assembly.
Persons convicted of crime, etc., are
also deprived of suffrage.
The Emperor possesses the right
of absolute veto as well as the power
to prorogue tho assembly. The presi
dents of the respective chambers are
to be chosen by the Emperor, and
he will have the right to suspend the
sittings. The National Assembly
will control the budget.
The Douma is divided Into ten
committees on finance, rural affairs,
industry, education, clergy, adminis
tration of justice, war, marine, rail
roads and budget.
Jap Warship Launched.
Princess Arisugawa, of Japan, who
was accompanied by the prince, her
husban'l, launched the Japanese
battleship Katori at Barrow, England.
The Katori is one of the most power
ful battleships Yannched in England.
Her tonnage is 16,400, her coal capac
ity 6,100, and her contract speed 18
knots. The side armor of the Ka
tori Is nine inches thick. Ten thou
sand spectators viewed the launching
ceremony.
CAUGHT IN SUBMARINE.
Twelve Men Imprisoned In Sunken
Vesel at Sea's Bottom.
M. Thomson, Minister of Marine,
announces that the French submarino
. boat Furfadet went down at the en
trance to tho port of of Sldl Abdal
.. lah, Tunis.
Commander Ratler, at the moment
of plunging, noticed that one of the
doors was not closed properly, and
rushed to try to adjust It hermetic
ally. He was too late, the water
rushing in with force and throwing
out the commandant and two men,
the boat sinking in ten metres and
lying in the mud at the bottom.
Twelve men were encased In the
boat.
The French ministry of marine is
; sued a communication saying that
the combined efforts of French and
German salvage tugs succeeded in
bringing to the surface the submarine
boat Farfadet, which sank at tho
entrance to the port of Sidiabdallah,
Tunis. . .
Water, provisions and fresh air
were supplied to the members of the
encased crew, who are alive.
Poles and Jews In Revolt.
Tile Toklo correspondent of the)
London Dally Telegraph says that
General Linevltch has sentenced sev
eral Russian offlcors to death for cir
culating seditious circulars; and on
the authority of the paper's Japanese
correspondent at Moji, Japan, asserts
that all Poles and Jews In Llnevitch's
army are mutinous, and are constant
ly surrendering, so as to on joy a
pleasant captivity as prisoners of the
Japanese,
CONFIDENCE IN SITUATION
Warm Weather Has Accelerated Trade
In Textile Lines Jobbing Busl.
ness Brisk.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review
of trade says: Customary quiet com
mercial conditions at mid-summer
were augmented by the Interruption
of a holiday, except that warm weath
er gave Impetus to the distribution of
seasonable wearing appari), sport
ing goods and outing supplies. In
wholesale and jobbing circles an un
usually brisk duplicate) order busi
ness testifies to the freedom from
accumulated stocks on the shelves
of interior dealers while there Is
no abatement of conftdenc In the fu
ture. Structural steel and all forms
of railway equipment are the promi
nent features of the Iron Industry,
but quiet conditions prevail at coke
ovens and pig Iron furnaces. Sensa
tional soaring of quotations for raw
materials threatens the stability of the
leading textile markets, although
consumption Is not yet perceptibly
diminished by rapidly rising price
lists. Widely varying reports receiv
ed regarding the crop situation, prices
rising higher than would be the case
if manipulation were less vigorous and
exports are adversely affected.
Several threatened labor controver
sies have been averted by agreement
upon wage scales for another year and
building operations are unusually
brisk tor the season. Inventories
show a good volume of business for
the first six months of the year, and
still greater activity Is expected in
the last half. Railway earnings in
June were (1.5 per'cent larger than
last yenr's hut foreign commerce at
this port for the last week shows a
loss of $4.1(1" In exports and a de
crease of $488,758 r Imports, as com
pared with 1904:
Uncertainty in the markets for
cotton goods has resulted from the
rise in the raw material, and it is al
most impossible to negotiate for fu
ture delivery. Similar conditions pre
vail in the oilier leading textile in
dustry, except that raw material has
fluctuated less of late.
KM.LEd' IN MINE SHAFT.
Fke Men Dead and. Four Others
Seriously Injured.
Five men were killed, four others
are in the hospital so seriously hurt
that they may die, and four members
of a rescnWg party narrowly! es
caped beh.g buried alive by a gas
explosion in the new shaft of the
Taylor Coal and Coke Company, near
Searights, Pa. The disaster was the
worst to occur In the Connellsvllle
coke region since the Ferguson ex
plosion in November, 1903.
For two months the coiTtractors
have encountered considerable diffi
culty on account of the wet weather.
For two weeks the mouth of the
shaft has been crumbling, and it
was decided to build a casing with
a concrete crown inside of it. The
night shift had been employed on
this work.
About 5 o'clock in the morning
Foreman George Thomas descended
Into the shaft with a lighted torch
to start the pumps in order to get
the water out of the bottom of the
shaft for the day men to go to work.
When he had reacheJ within about
20 feet of the bottom a terrible ex
plosion occurred, the force of which
blew Thomas out of the shaft in the
iron bucket in which he had gone
down, at least 50 feet above the
shaft. He fell back, alighting on one
of the projecting timbers, while the
bucket landed on the surface.
All of the eight men who were
working on a platform, were similar
ly affected by the explosion, four of
them falling to the bottom of the
shaft.
A rescue party began work at once
and after getting all of the men out
of the shaft, excepting one dead body
at the bottom, they went down after
him. While at the bottom, the entire
top of the shaft caved in oa them,
and it was feared that they would be
smothered, but after 30 minutes they
were released, but slightly injured.
About 30 people were injured, one
seriously. In the wreck of the Great
Northern west bound "Flyer" at
Springbrook, N. Dak., by the explo
sion of a gns tank.
NO MORE CONNING TOWERS.
Government to Do Away With Sup
posed Safety Device.
It is reported at the New York
Navy Yard that the conning tower at
present in use on United States
warships will be discontinued or so
modified as to cease to be the cen
tral control station of the ship's
movements. In the recent naval bat
tles in the Far East, the Japanese
concentrated a heavy fire on the
towers, the communication system
was dislocated, and some of the Rus
sian ships rendered unmanageable.
One of the alternative propositions
Is to reserve an armor protected
space lower In the ship's structure,
from which the officer In charge
might direct movements. It . is re
ported also that conning towers will
be altered In the Maine. Missouri,
Kentucky, Kearsage and Illinois.
Russians Have Full Power.,
The Czar has approved the list of
peace negotiators. To the diplomats
and experts already known are added
the names of General Yermolow and
Admiral Russln. The negotiators
have the fullest, powers, even to fixing
the Indemnity due to Japan.
Senator Mitchell Convicted.
The Jury hearing the evidence In
the case against United 3tates Sena
tor John H. Mitchell at Portland,
Ore., returned a verdict of guilty.
Senator Mitchell, who has been on
trial In the District court for two
weeks, was charged with accepting
money for practicing before the de
partments of the Federal govern
ment while serving In the United
States Senate. Former Senator John
M. Thurston, of Nebraska, defended
Senator Mitchell,
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DEADLY STORM IN TEXAS
Seventy People Killed or Injured
by Hurricane.
MANY BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED
Hundreds of Head of Live Stock
Slaughtered by the Severe
Wind Details Are Meagre.
A tornado struck Texas in the up
per edge of Montague county, coming
from the northeast and swinging far
to the southeast on the 6th Inst cost,
It Is believed, over 40 lives, Injured
a large number of people and did un
told damage to growing crops and
cattle. The tornado missed tho small
towns In the section through which
it swept, but It zigzagged In such
a way as to take in the homes of
many farmers and stock raisers.
At Jacksboro the force of the wind
was terrific. The Baptist Church and
20 other buildings were blown off
their foundations and a number of
buildings destroyed. Mrs. Travis
Calhoun was seriously injured and Is
not expected to live. Travis Calhoun,
Mrs. Thomas Horton and Henry
Vesser and family were also Injured.
At Montague no lives were lost In
the town, but In the country there Is
great loss of life reported. The
wires were 'Mown down in all direc
tions, and it Is difficult to get particu
lars. Ten persons are known to be
dead in that neighborhood, and un
confirmed reports are to the effect
that (Sjo list of dead will go as high
as 40. j Most of those killed lived
on iMl creek, along which the tor
nado swept with terrific force.
From Nocona the tornado passed
a few miles to the south and the lat
est reports give the dead at 14 and
the Injured at 41. Many farm houses
were blown entirely away. The Long
Branch school house was destroyed
and the Baptist and Methodist
churches at Belcher were practically
destroyed. A reliable man at No
cona, who has been over the scene,
says that reports were being received
of the dead when he left there. He
placed the loss of life at 60.
Owing to the widely separated
homes and the fact that in many in
stances whole families are wiped out,
details and names are hard to get.
The country through which the tor
nado passed Is one of the richest
farming sections of Texas, lying along
the northern border of tho State.
MUTINEERS GET DEMANDS
Secure Provisions Under Thre.t to
Bombard Crimean Town.
A dispatch from Theodosla, Crimea
says: Summoned by the Kniaz
Potemkine, representatives of the
town council went on board the bat
tleship and were received in the ad
miral's cabin by the commission com
manding her. The commission de
manded the delivery of BOO tons of
coal and provisions of various kinds
within 24 hours and threatened that
in the event of noncompliance, after
due warning to the inhabitants, the
town would be bombarded. The com
mission also proposed that the may
or should transmit to the population
a proclamation demanding the termi
nation of the war, a convocation of
zemstvos, etc.
Learning of these demands, many
Inhabitants fled the town. The work
men insisted that the demands be
granted. A special meeting of the
municipal council was called and the
council consented to deliver the pro
visions, but refused to comply with
the demand for coal for the reason
that the town had none.
The mutineers of the Kniaz
Potenikine formally raised the stan
dard of rebellion and Issued the fol
lowing declaration:
"The crew of the Kniaz Potemkine
notify the foreign powers that the
decisive struggle has begun against
the Russian government. We con
sider It to be our duty to declare that
we guarantee the complete Inviola
bility of foreign ships navigating the
Black sea as well as the inviolability
of foreign ports."
Sixty-seven of the mutineers from
the GeorgI Pobtedonosetz, including
the ringleaders, were imprisoned at
Odessa. It Is expected that all of
them will be shot.
Conditions in Panama Bettered.
Col. William C. Gorgans, chief sani
tary officer of the Panama canal zone,
has informed the Associated Press
that since June 25 there has been no
case of Yellow fever In the city of
Panama nnd only one at Colon. Sani
tary conditions have been much im
proved by a general fumigation and
the rainy season, which is now in
full force.
Perry Relief Fund a Success.
The Perry memorial relief fund for
sufferers in the war contributed by
Americans and Japanese, realized
10,300 yen. The presentation was
brought to the notice of the Mikado,
who enthusiastically expressed his
warm appreciation of American sym
pathy. Ending a month's honeymoon, John
F. Flynn, a Mississipplan, after a
desperate attempt to murder his
young wife at Kaplan,- committed
suicide.
Russians Claim Victory.
General Linevltch, telegraphing to
Emperor Nicholas under date of July
3, says;
"On July 1 our forces assumed the
offensive against the enemy occupy
ing a portion near the village of
Sauvitse, seven miles of Llao-Cnoupe.
At 7 In the evening, after the ar
tillery had prepared the way, the
enemy's fortified positions were
stormed, and we pushed him - for
three miles. One Japanese Infantry
battalion was destroyed."
FUNERAL OF 8ECRETARY HAY
Remains Deposited In Lakevlew
Cemetery at Cleveland.
The body of Secretary Hay was
taken to Cleveland, his former home,
for Interment In Lakevlew cemetery.
President Roosevelt, Vice-President
Fairbanks, Governor Herrlck of
Ohio and members of the present
and former cabinets together with
many other men prominent In nation
al affairs were present.
The services were opened by the
Ionic quartet of male voices, which
sang "Still, Still With Thee." The
Rev. Dr. Haydn, pastor emeritus of
the Old Stone church, then delivered
a brief prayer, after' which the Rev.
A. B. Meldrum, active pastor, read
extracts from the scrjpturesi The
pall-bearers at the conclusion of the
scriptural reading carried the casket
through the door to the hearse, while
the quartet softly sang Tennyson's
"Crossing the Bar."
When the final resting place was
reached the quartet sang two
stanzas of the hymn "For All the
Saints Who from Their Labors Rest,"
and then while the casket was lower
ed, Dr. Haydn recited the committal
service of the Presbyterian church.
When he had concluded, the quartet
sang the final stanza of the hymn,
and tho benediction by Dr. Meldrum
brought the services to a close.
BEEF OFFICIALS INDICTED
True Bills Found by Federal Grand
Jury Against 18 Persons.
An indictment was voted against
18 persons, officials of four packing
corporations by the Federal Grand
Jury at Chicago. This ended the In
vestigation which has lasted over
three months, and brought out testi
mony of over 100 witnesses. The
vote on the IS individuals and four
corporations was unanimous for In
dictment. Those named In tho In
dictments were: J. Ogden Armour,
Charles W. Armour, Edward Mor
ris, Ira N. Morris, Louts F. Swift,
Edwin C. Swift, L. A. Carton, D. E.
Hartwell, Edward A. Cudahy, A. F.
Evans, attorney; R. C. McManus, at
torney; A. H. Veeder, Henry Veed
er, Patrick A. Valentine, T. J. Con
nors, Edward Linden. Arthur Meek
er, Charles H. Swift, Samuel Mc
Roberts, Samuel Weil, Beth S. Cus
ey, C. E. Todd, V. D. SklpwoMh.
In addition to the Individuals In
dicted, the following corporations are
indicted: Armour & Co., Swlfth &
Co., Cudahy Packing company and
Morris & Co.
The indictments charge conspiracy
In restraint of trade.
Four employes of Schwarzschlld &
Sulzberger were indicted for alleged
rebating with the rallronda They
are all connected with the traffic de
partment of the corporation.
OUTLOOK FOR CROPS
Wheat Looks Well, But Rain Hurts
Hay.
The weather bureau's weekly bulle
tin summarizes crop conditions as
follows:
The northern districts of the coun
try experienced temperatures too low
for rapid growth, but In the Southern
States the temperatures were highly
favorable. Excessively heavy rains
from the central and west gulf dis
tricts northward oven, the western
portion of the central valleys, while
relieving drought In Missouri, were
injurious In places and Interferred ex
tensively with cultivation. The con
ditions on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts were generally favorable.
Rain is much needed in the Southern
plateau region.
Carnegie Aids Jewish School.
A message announcing that Andrew
Carnegie has given $12,500 to the
Hebrew National Farm school, at
Doylestown, Pa., where Jewish boys
are taught farming, was received by
President Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, of
Philadelphia, president of the central
conference of American rabbis, now
in session here.
Congress is Forbidden.
The government has forbidden the
holding of the big congress of zera
stovlsts and other representatives
from all parts of Russia called for
July 13.
Committed Murder for $12.
District Attorney McBrlde at
Franklin, Pa., made public the con
fession of Walter Wheaton, that
George IIcKay, assisted by himself,
Wheaton, killed George Carter, on the
night of August 10, 1898. Wheaton
mado the bargain with J. M. Ander
son, who was jealous of Carter, and
received for committing the crime the
sum of $12.
Fast Run by P R R Train.
The Pennsylvania railroad special
covered the 81 miles between Wash
ington, O., and Fort Wayne In 64
minutes, beating all previous speed
records on the Pennsylvania's West
ern division. The train was 17 min
utes late out of Crestline and came
into Fort Wayne two minutes ahead
of time, having covered the 117
miles In 113 minutes.
In a battle between five negro
highwaymen and four police officers
at East St. Louis, 111., one negro was
Wiled, another probably fatally
wounded, and a third shot through
the left arm.
Torpedo Boat Cut In Twain.
The Kiel correspondent of the Ber
lin "Lokal Anzelger" says that the
battlesjilp Woerth rammed! torpedo
boat S 124, In the harbor of Eckern
foerde, cutting her completely In two
and that three firemen In the boiler
room were scalded to death by escap
ing steam. The S 124, was one of
the six torpedo boats launched in
1904. She was of 420 tons displace
ment and had a speed of 30 miles an
hour.
Disorders at Odessa Charged to
Russian Government.
HUNDREDS COMMIT SUICIDE v
Corpses Were Dragged From the
Harbor and Tossed Into
Flames.
A message from Odessa, says:
8even thousand persons were delib
erately slaughtered In that city dur
ing the 10 awful hours between dusk
and dawn.
They were Incited to rebellion and
so cajoled to their deaths by pro
vocative agents of the secret police.
Their slaughter is Intended to be a
hideous warning to the rebellious
throughout Russia.
The correspondent hears on unim
peachable authority that for many
months 150 police agents, especially
chosen for their sagacity, have been
living among the working people in
the Industrial suburbs. In various
disguises these agents have been
playing the provocative part that was
given them. Their seeming sincerity
learned for them the revolutionists
secrets.
When the mutinous Potemkln ar
rived in that port the agents declar
ed to the dissatisfied people that the
opportunity for rebellion had arriv
ed, that the Potemkln was only the
forerunner of tho whole Black Sea
fleet which had mutlned and which
would quickly follow the Potemkln
and protect the rebels on shore.
Thus fired, the strikers on shore
began to riot, wreck and burn early
Wednesday evening. The rioters,
shrieking "Liberty," drank, set fires,
looted until the moment came.
Then the machine guns began to
play. Seven thousand persons were
shot down in ten hours. Two hun
dred, in desperate attempts to es
cape, threw themselves Into the
harbor. Thir bodies were dragged
out, and with several thousand other
corpses, the troops hurled them Into
the glowing embers of buildings.
St. Petersburg, it is said, designed
nnd carried out this so as to crush
rebellion In South Russia, at least.
Another Crew Mutinies.
The Russian Minister of Marine
ha9 received the following telegram
from Admiral Kruger: "The crew of
tho transport Prout, leaving Budro
vo bay, mutinied, arresting the cap
tain and other officers. Second Lieu
tenant Nestortzelt nnd Boatswain
Kozlltlne were killed. The Prout
has arrived at Sevastopol and the
crew Is now repentant. The
officers have been released, the crew
begging them to resume their posts.
The, Prout has been ordered to an
chor at Kaniesheval bay, and an In
quiry Into the affair has been open
ed." 8AME WAGES AS LAST YEAR
Union Men Failed to Get Their De
mands for Coming Year.
The vage scale committee repre
senting the union workers signed the
scale with tho officials of the Ameri
can Sheet and Tin Plate company.
While the union men were fighting
for higher wages and better working
conditions, the committer was com
pelled to sign a scalo giving the men
the same wages as were paid last
year. The committee also agreed to
the removal of the limit of output In
all mills; the rebate to be one and
one-half per cent. Instead of three
per cent, until August 1, and If the
old rate will be re-adopted. The
men also drop their demand for a
change In the foot notes, which they
expected would better the working
conditions. Several changes were
made in foot notes which favor the
company. The men agree to work
eight hours a day as usual.
In New York City more than 1,
00,000 pounds of adulterated foods
have been detected and condemned
by Inspectors for the health depart
ment In one week.
English Revival Ended.
The American revivalists, Rev.
Reuben A. Torry and Charles M.
Alexander, concluded their Ave
months' revival campaign In Eng
land with a great thanksgiving ser
vice at Albert hall for the 14,000 con
verts recorded Blnce the evangelists
came to London. It was announced
that the cost of the revival, over
$85,000, had been entirely covered.
Admiral Not Informed.
The Tokyo correspondantt of the
London Dally Mall says that owing
to his mental distress Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky has not yet been in
formed of the annihilation of his
fleet. He Is still under the Impres
sion fliat a substantial part of the
fleet reached Vladivostok.
Succeeds Sakaharoff.
Lieutenant General Ridiger, chief
of the chancellery of the Russian war
office, has been appointed minister
of war in succession to Lieutenant
General Sakaharoff, who recently re
signed. Lieutenant General Palat
zyn has been appointed chief of the
general staff.
Casualties on Fourth.
According to dispatches received
by the Chicago Record-Herald from
150 of the principal cities of the
United States 36 people were killed
and 1,677 Injured by explosions of
firecrackers, firearms, gunpowder
and toy pistol on the Fourth of
July.
United States Senator R. A. Alger
announced that he would not be n
candidate for re-election to the Sen
ate, when his present term expires
in 1907.
PEACE ENVOYS NAMED
Russia and Japan Each Select Two
Representatives.
By direction of the President, Sec
retary Loeb mnde the formal an
nouncement In the following state
ment: "The President announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments
have notified him that they have
appointed plenipotentiaries to meet
in Washington as soon after the first
of August as possible. The two Rus
sian 'plenipotentiaries are Ambassa
dor Muravleff, formerly minister of
Justice, and now ambassador at
Rome, and Ambassador Rosen. The
Japanese plenipotentiaries are Bar
on Komura, now minister of foreign
affairs, and Minister Takahlra. It Is
possible that each side may send one
or more additional representatives.
The plenipotentiaries of both Russia
and Japan will be intrusted with full
power to negotiate and conclude a
treaty of peace subject, of course,
to ratification by their respective
home governments."
GO DOWN WITH BRIDGE
Fifty Persons Are Thrown Into Lake
Chautauqua. '
In a rush to escape an Impending
storm 50 persons were thrown Into
Lake Chautauqua at Celeron on the
night of July 4 by the collapse of a
bridge over which the crowd was
hurrying. Ten of them were taken
to the hospital. Others who suffered '
from minor injuries went to their
homes.
Aniong those most seriously Injur
ed were Emmet Nuttall, of Youngs
vllle, Pa., and Donald Pike, of Sugar
Grove, Pa.
TO MOBILIZE SWEDES
Backing Up Proposal for Settlement
With Norway.
The Associated Press Is In a posi
tion to state that an order for the
mobilization of the Swedifli army
has been Issued, and that a procla
mation to this effect will probably
be Issued within a week.
Tho mobilization is Intended ns a
means of giving added force to any
proposal for settlement which the
special committee appointed by the
riksdag may make to the Norwegian
storthing.
PHILIPPINE BANDIT KILLED
Sergeant and Six Men Put End to
Scourge of Cavite.
A sergeant and six men of the Sec
ond cavalry have killed Felizardo,
tho scourge of Cavito. He was the
boldest bandit in the Island and was
tho hero of numerous escapades. He
had been wounded many times but
he evaded the Spaniards. He defied
tho army and constabulary for four
years. This time the Americans
riddled him with bullets. A majority
of his followers were killed In the re
cent campaign.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
A west-bound Great Northern pass
enger train was wrecked at Spring
brook, N. D. All the passenger cars
were burned. Several persons were
Injured.
At Youugsitown, O., George Osmond,
slayer of L. D. Stutler, was given a
sentence of seven years In the peni
tentiary, having been convicted of
manslaughter.
The mutiny in the Black Sea fleet
has become so widespread that Ad
miral Kruger has been forced to tin
gear the machinery of the ships of
his fleet and give the crews shore
leave to prevent them from joining
the rebels.
Ross Sarver nnd Floyd Ekas, each
17 years old, were drowned, while at
tending a picnic of St. Paul's Luther
an church, near Sarversville, Pa.,
while bathing.
The Spring Valley National bank,
of Spring Valley, 111., with a capital
of $50,000, and the First National
bank, of Toluca, III., with a capital
of $100,000, both controlled by C. J.
Devlin, closed their doors as a result
of his failure.
Three railroad employes were kill
ed and two Injured by a head-on col
lision, between a freight train and
coal train near Wathusett station on
the Fltchburg division of the Boston
& Maine railroad.
Indian Lands to Be Leased.
The 500,00 acres of Indian pas
ture reserve, lying southwest of El
Keno, Ok., has been ordered opened
to settlement by Secretary of the In
terior Hitchcock. The opening means
the furnishing of 3,125 more homes
to settlers and another tide of emi
gration to Southwestern Oklahoma.
The land will be leased at 25 cents
an acre a year for a period of five
years, with privilege of renewal.
Millionaire Found Dead.
The body of Wlntluop Turney, a
millionaire owner of a mine in Son
oro, Mexico, was found In a pasture
In the town of Colebrook, Conn.
There was a bullet wound In his head
and his hand clasped a revolver. It
Is supposed' that dmpondonc.V due
to poor health led him to commit
suicide. Ho was 40 years old. and a
graduate of Yale, clas of 1SSS.
Kuropatkin Deposed?
The correspondent of the London
Dally Telegraph with the Japanese
army says that General Bulyakoff has
succeeded G-ent'ial Kuropatkin in
command of the First Army and that
Kouropatkln is now on the Klrlu
Hallungcheng line.
Four men were killed and seven
others were so seriously wounded
that some of thera may die, by- the
explosion of the boiler of a threshing
machine engine on the plantation of
Rush Eames, near Axton, Va.
KEYSTONE STATE GULLING!
FIGHT FLAMES ALL DAY
Ten Business Establishments anj
One Dwelling Destroyed by Fir
at Roulette.
At 2 Vclock In the morning flames
were discovered Issuing from tha
rear of Fold's grocery store at Rou
lette and within one hour the lira
had spread to several adjoining
buildings. Ten v business places and!
a dwelling were completely destroy
ed, as follows: Bailey building, Kava
naugh Hotel, Burt's livery, Adams
bakery, S. W. Barr's clothing es
tablishment, Adams' clothing store,
Knowlton's bakery and restaurant.
Gray's shoe and general merchandise
establishment, Drehman building, la
course of construction, and the resi
dence of B. E. Baker. Ten families
were rendered homeless by the fire.
The loss at 10 o'clock Is estlmatel at
over $50,000, with insurance of
n.aitcir a uuuiiKi ui ihin hiiiii in.
lives were lost.
County Detective Alexander McBeth
has made Information before Justice
nf tho Ponno Tnlin M tlnivtinn
Unlontown, against Prof. H. F.
Brooks, principal of the public schools
on a charge of embezzlement. As
Brooks took the books with him la
which the accounts were kept the
amount of his alleged shortage can
not be ascertained. Several or those
holding notes against the professor
have begun legal proceedings against
him with a view to collecting their
claims.
Burglars entered the store of R.
Block & Co., of Irwin nnd carried
away about 50 suits of clothing and
a quantity of other goods worth,
about $700. Lohr's hardware store
window was smashed and revolvers
and cutlery were taken. Two houses
on the south side were entered nnd
over$100 In cash was takn from trunks
of foreign miners. At one place the
burglars Were discovered rifling a
trunk.
The Brookvllle school Board has se
lected the following teachers for th
assistant principal, Earla Mitchell;
High school, Hattie McAnlnch. Mary
Rodgers, Frances Carroll, Wllda Ir
win, Ada Northup, Bessie Corbett,
Anna Henderson, Bess Hamilton, Mar
garet Scott, Carrie Brady, Corlna
Johnson, Emma Elsenman: muslo
and drawing, Gertrude Stephens.
Acting Secretary Oliver of theWar
Department has referred all th pap
ers In the case of the Union lfridge,
which crosses the Allegheny rwer at
Its junction with the Monongahela at
Pittsburg, to the Attorney General- for
t ,i i . i ,i t v. - .i
pomnnnv tn raise the hririora. Bin that
It shall not Interfere with navlg&tire.
In accordance with the requirements
of the War department.
The Jury in the case of the "Presi
dent and Managers," owners of tha
Wolf Lane bridge over Beaver river
between New Brighton and Bridge
water va. Beaver county, returned a
verdict of $150,000 for the plaintiffs.
The case arose on condemnation pro
ceedings commenced by the commis
sioners of Beaver county, by which,
the bridge was condemned for the
use of tho public.
i ne Attorney uenerai s aepartment
has Instructed Auditor General Snyd
er that the $150,000 appropriation '
made by the Legislature of 1901 for
the erection of a Pennsylvania monu
ment on the Gettysburg battlefield
bacomes available as soon al the
Commission organizes and is ready to
begin work.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
is reported to have purchased South
Hollidaysburg, comprising 75 acres of
ground and many dwelling houses, for
prices aggregating about $100,000.
This land will be utilized for the con
struction of a large freight and class
ification yard and machine shops.
Mrs. Ethel Potts, a bride of seven
weeks, was burned to death In her
home at Philadelphia. Her clothing
caught fire from a gas stove, and,
despite tha efforts of Thomas Farren,
a plumber, to save her, she was so
badly burned that . death resulted.
Farren was severely burned.
Nluety-three-year old Peter Kauts
wandered away from the home of his
ion-in-law, hotelkeeper Frank Bonin,
of Scranton. A few days after his
badly decomposed remains ware
found In the river with a large stone
tied to the neck with a stout piece of
rope.
The first annual meeting and reun
ion of the United Spanish American
war veterans' department of Pennsyl
vania, was held in Harrisburg, June
3), and was attended by representa
tives from the various camps in the
state.
Nearly 1,600 acres of coal land In
East FInley township, Washington,
has just been sold to J. W. Pollock
Df Pittsburg, representing WTaynes
burg capitalists, for $50 an acre.
Eleven farms are included In the sale.
Charles F. Chldsey, of Easton and
B. F. Africa, of Huntingdon, have
been appointed additional draughts
men in the Internal Affairs depart
ment nt a salary of $1,400 a year each,
Melvin S. Jordan of New Castle,
lost the sight of one eye by the pre
mature explosion of a cannon fire
cracker. John Quelln was robbed on a street
at New Castle, by two highwaymen,
who took $37 from him.
The Westmoreland Coal company,
at Export, for June broke all records,
producing 81.820 tons of coal In the
24 working days. The record was al
bo broken at Shafton, the production
here being 31,800 tons for the same
period.
The body of an unknown man was
found in the creek under the railroad
bridge west of Lock Haven. A letter
addressed to Charles McLaughlin,
Hyner, Pa., was found In his pocket.
Paul Hermann, chief engineer at
the Monessen brewery, was strangled
to death, while making repairs on an
elevator shaft.